Following release or return from miliary service, a student is entitled to reinstatement without having to requalify for admission if the student returns to the same institution after a cumulative absence of not more than five years, and the student provides notice of intent to return to the institution not later than three years after completing the service period. The institution defers to the Higher Education Opportunity Act provisions with respect to relevant exceptions to these periods. Military students who are called to active duty must provide a copy of their Active-Duty Orders to preserve his or her prerogatives under this policy and to initiate any of the processes within this section. The Orders must be provided as soon as is reasonably possible.
The military student shall be reinstated in the same program of study in which he or she had been enrolled prior to withdrawal. Exceptions may be made in cases where the program has been discontinued by the institution or the program has specialized accreditation and selective admission requirements. In the latter case, reinstatement shall be consistent with any relevant standards of the respective accrediting agency. A student who was admitted to a program but did not begin attendance because of service in the uniformed services, shall be allowed to defer his or her enrollment in the program until reinstatement to the institution as described above. A student returning from active duty or mobilization should contact their Admissions Advisor and submit the updated DD-214 to determine the impact of absence from the program and to review available options when a program is no longer available or suitable.
A student who has been admitted to the institution and/or to an academic program as well as called to active duty or mobilized before the last day to drop courses with tuition refund for the initial term of enrollment in the institution or in that program’s courses, shall be permitted to defer enrollment in the institution or the program’s courses under the same conditions delineated above for return to the institution and/or program reinstatement. At the time of requesting deferred enrollment, the student must provide documentation of the call to active duty or mobilization and of the end of the period of service as required.